BUFFALO, N.Y. – JUNE 26, 2012 – Summer Street Capital Partners (www.summerstreetcapital.com), a Buffalo, New York-based private equity fund, is pleased to announce the promotions of Baris Civelek to Partner, Michael LaConti to Associate, and Christian Gorino to Associate.
Since joining Summer Street in 2003, Baris Civelek has been closely involved with the successful closing of seven Summer Street investments. Most recently, Baris led the closing of Summer Street’s first Fund III portfolio investment in the Environmental Services industry. At Summer Street, Baris will continue to be involved in all aspects of the firm’s investment activities and portfolio management.
Both Michael and Christian joined Summer Street in 2010, and since then have been actively involved in all stages of the investment process for current and prospective portfolio companies. As Associates, Michael and Christian will continue to execute their responsibilities in the Summer Street investment process.